Bona Notabilia
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Chattels or goods of sufficient value to be accounted for. Where a decedent leaves goods of sufficient amount (bona notabilia) in different dioceses, administration is granted by the metropolitan, to prevent the confusion arising from the appointment of many different administrators. 2 Bl. Comm. 509; Ro Ue, Abr. 908; Williams, Ex'rs, Index. The value necessary to constitute property bona notabilia has varied at different periods, but was finally established at £5, in 1603.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Chattels or goods of sufficient value to be accounted for. Where a decedent leaves goods of sufficient amount (bona notabilia) in different dioceses, administration is granted by the metropolitan, to prevent the confusion arising from the appointment of necessary to constitute property bona notabilia has varied at different periods, but was finally established at £5, in 1603.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English probate law. Notable goods; property worthy of notice, or of sufficient value to be accounted for, that is, amounting to £5. Where a decedent leaves goods of sufficient amount (bona notabilia) in different dioceses, administration is granted by the metropolitan, to prevent the confusion arising from the appointment of many different administrators. 2 Bl. Comm. 509; Rolls, Abr. 908. Moore v. Jordan, 36 Kan. 271, 13 Pac. 337, 59 Am. Rep. 550.
Defined under Bona in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English probate law. Notable goods; property worthy of notice, or of suilicient value to be accounted for, that is, amounting to £5. Where a decedent leaves goods of suificient amount (bona notabilia) in different dioceses, administration is granted by the metropolitan, to prevent the confusion arising from the appointment of many different administrators. 2 Bl. Comm, 509; Rolle, Abr. 908.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
Engl. ecclesiastical law, notable goods. When a person dies having at the time of his death goods in any other diocese, besides the goods in the diocese where he dies, amounting to the value of five pounds in the whole, he is said to have bona notabilia, in which case proof of his will, or granting letters of administration belongs to the archbishop of the province. 1 Roll. Ab. 908; Toll. Ex. 61; Williams on Ex. Index, h.t.